Washington sources reported that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo set a deadline by which North Korea must denuclearize, saying that the process must be completed by January 2021, when President Donald Trump's current term would end. Meanwhile in a statement, Pompeo also expressed his desire to meet with his North Korean counterpart, Ri Yong-ho, next week in New York during the United Nations General Assembly.



Pompeo in his statement "This morning, he invited his counterpart Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho to meet in New York City next week where they are both already scheduled to be in attendance at the United Nations General Assembly meeting”. He added "This will mark the beginning of negotiations to transform US-North Korea relations through the process of rapid demilitarization of North Korea, to be completed by January 2021, as committed by Chairman Kim”.

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Further Pompeo made reference to the June 2018 Singapore summit at which Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signed a declaration opening the door to denuclearize by Pyongyang in exchange for US guarantees regarding that regime's survival, although concrete time periods for achieving those objectives were not set forth. Moreover in a gesture to Washington, Kim offered to permanently close Yongbyon, where the North Korean regime produces enriched uranium for its atomic bombs, in exchange for the US taking measures corresponding to those agreed to by the two countries at the Singapore summit.


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